Synonyms

gorged

American

[gawrjd] / gɔrdʒd /

adjective

Heraldry.

(of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar.

a lion gules gorged with a collar or.

Other Word Forms

ungorged adjective

Etymology

Origin of gorged

First recorded in 1600–10; gorge ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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Like a wolf, I gorged—ate nineteen paper bowlfuls of chili.

From Literature

January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even now, as Master Gogolev gorged himself on food and self-pity, son and father sat in Lord Fredrick’s taxidermy-filled study only one floor below, speaking of Switzerland, wallpaper, and baby names.

From Literature

But it’s not like I opened the box and gorged myself on the pictures.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.

From Salon

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